vampire for hire 05 - vampire dawn by j r rain
Author:j r rain [rain, j r]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2012-03-11T23:00:00+00:00
Chapter Twenty-nine
âYour son was in a fight today, Ms. Moon,â said Principal West.
I was in his office with Anthony, who was sitting next to me. Anthony smelled of fresh grass, sweat, and blood. His clothing was torn, and there were grass stains along his shoulders and knees. There was a small spot of blood on his shirt. He breathed easily, calmly, staring straight ahead. He didnât appear the least bit upset. This coming from a boy who used to cry if his sister gave him a noogie.
âWhat happened?â I asked.
âYour son, Ms. Moon, beat up a young man so severely we had to call an ambulance.â
I gasped and faced Anthony. Now I could see the tears forming in his eyes. I didnât have much access to my sonâs thoughts, but I could read auras and body language, not to mention I just knew my son. Knew him better than anyone. And he was scared. Perhaps for what he had done. Perhaps for the harm he had caused. Perhaps for who he was becoming.
The principal continued, âFrom what I understandâand this has been confirmed by nearly a dozen other students and teachers who witnessed the fightâthe school bully, a kid nearly twice the size of your son, and two of his friends were picking on a girl. Grabbing her. Apparently one tried to kiss her. And thatâs when your son stepped in.â
Now my son looked at me for the first time. Tears were in his eyes and there was some dirt in his hairline, but what I saw most was the defiant look in his eyes.
âShe was crying, Mommy. She kept asking them to stop. But they wouldnât. They kept picking on her. And no one would help her.â He looked forward again, clenching his little fists in his lap. âEveryoneâs afraid of them, but Iâm not.â
No one said anything. The principal stared at my son. In complete disbelief, judging by the look on his face. A moment later, the principal continued the story.
Anthony stepped in, pulled the main bully off the girl. And not just pulled. Threw, apparently. The other boys jumped my son. The fight was chaotic. Fists swinging, bodies rolling. No one would help. No one would jump in. It was a third grader against three sixth graders. And then something miraculous started happening. One by one, the sixth graders started falling by the wayside, rolling out of the melee, bleeding and groaning and hurt, until finally my son had ended up on top, leveling punch after punch into the older boyâs face. It had taken three teachers to pull him off.
The principalâs voice trailed off and he looked again at my son with complete awe. Myself, I had never been prouder.
âThe leader is in the hospital. Apparently theyâre stitching his mouth and replacing some teeth.â
Outside, I heard some excited voices in the various offices. The principal rubbed his face and kept staring at Anthony. Finally, he sat back in his chair.
âIâve never seen or heard anything like this in my twenty years in teaching, Ms.
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